CVE-2007-5037
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5018)
- Published
- September 24, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5018 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- inotify / inotify-tools
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913
- http://osvdb.org/40563
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26825(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28221
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25724
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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